[AAA2023] Smart Robot Sorts Recyclable Waste... EightTech Wins Process Tech Award

Startup EightTech received the 'Fair Tech Award' at the '2023 Asia AI Awards' ceremony held on the 20th at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul.

On the 20th, Woo Byung-hyun, CEO of Asia Economy, and Ryu Jae-ho, CSO of Eight Tech, who received the Fair Tech Award, are posing for a commemorative photo at the '2023 Asia AI Awards Ceremony' held at the Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jo Yong-jun jun21@

Founded in May 2020, EightTech has focused on developing technologies that combine green environment, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI), resulting in the creation of the AI-based waste resource sorting robot, 'Aitron.' This robot, trained with deep learning algorithms, can perform recycling sorting tasks faster and more accurately than humans. Its operational accuracy is 99.3%, and it can sort 96 pieces of waste per minute. Compared to global competitors, it ranks among the world's best. The operating time of waste resource sorting facilities increases by 150%, and based on two workers working 8 hours a day, operating costs per hour can be reduced by 700%.

After pilot testing in 2021, commercialization began last year, and currently, more than 10 Aitrons are active in workplaces across the Seoul metropolitan area. EightTech envisions operating a robot resource sorting center with a 'fully automated system' run solely by robots in the future. It is expected to solve long-standing issues in the waste disposal industry such as aging workers and labor shortages, as well as overcome workplace safety challenges.

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